Table of Contents

List of Chapters

Here is a list of the chapters for Navigate the Strait.

This is not a book that you need to read from beginning to end. Jump to a topic that looks interesting. Use it to extend your study in the scriptures.

Foreword

Preface: I’m Just a Guy

1. Navigate the Strait

2. Why I Am Not Angry with My Trial

3. Fear and How to Cast It All Out

4. One-Liners in the Scriptures

5. Commandments Are Awesome

6. Repentance—Not Just a Six-Step Program

7. A Deeper Dive into Repentance—Alma’s Course Change

8. Studying the Sacrament Prayers

9. Delegating Responsibility in the Kingdom of God

10. Graduating from Single Life

11. Be the Member You Wish You’d Known as a Missionary

12. Come unto Christ—Be More Than a Missionary

13. How to Get the Most Out of Church—?

14. Callings and Ambition

15. Learn the Lord’s Way of Doing Things

16. Unexpected Ways to Strengthen Your Class and Quorum

17. Welfare Principles—More Than Just Free Movers

18. “I Love to See the Temple”

19. Marriage, an Opportunity to Overcome Selfishness

20. Stand in Holy Places and Be Not Moved

21. Does Sealing Infringe on Your Agency?

22. Remember Who You Are—What I Learned from My Mission

23. Building Blocks of Testimony

24. The Desires of Our Hearts

25. Reverence for Holy Places—like Sacrament Meeting

26. The Gospel Is COOL—Becoming a Disciple of Jesus Christ

27. Baptism and Our Relationship with God

28. War and Peace—What I Learned from the Prophet

29. First Things First, Not Second

30. My Advice to New Missionaries

31. The Facebook Rants

Mitt Romney Lost

Sufficient

Choose to Be Chosen

Judgement: Not Your Problem

Keys to Happy Community

Hell = Missing the Boat

“Nobody Welcomes Us to Church”

Circumstance and Choice

The Foreign Language of Angels

Parenting Is Next to Godliness

No Contention!

Why Context Matters for Revelation

The Commandment Is Not to Act Perfect

Two Weeks Ago I Died

The Things We Give Up for Sex

Apology

Lockdown

How Do I Know It Is True?

Rumors of Wars

Macro Outrage vs Micro Outrage

You Can’t Really Predict Miracles

History Did Not Have to Turn Out That Way!

Active Kindness

Principles Should Drive Politics

Running?

“Let Him Serve!”

What Do I Need to Get Out of College?

A Network Is Just a List of People Who Like You

Assume Incompetence

Don’t Worship Success! by Victor Hugo

32. Learn the Will of God and Do It


A Letter to My Children